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Hiya fife-bloke,

were on our 2nd one since '07. our 1st was a 2nd hand avondale golden mayfair made in the '90's and our present one is an Avondale Dart we bought new in '08 just after Avondale ceased trading.

atb Bill

Since we married in 1994 we have had:

1990 Sprite Musketeer S (94 to 95)

1995 Bailey Beachcomber 440/4 Club (95 to 05)

2005 Abbey 418 GTS Vouge (05 to 06)

2006 Swift Challenger 470 (06 to 07)

2007 Abbey 416 GTS (07 to 10)

2010 Swift Island Jura - Charisma 230 dealer special (10 to 12)

2012 Sterling Cruach Benmore - Eccles Sport 514 dealer special (12 till ?????!)

So 7 vans in 18 years, though one lasted 10 years while two only lasted a year!

Iain, is that your letter and photo in last months Practical Caravan? Van goes great with the car.

We've had 4 since May 2011

1. 2006 Bailey Pageant Bordeaux- leaked after three weeks of ownership so had a full refund from dealer.

2. 2010 Bailey Ranger GT60 520/4. Private sale van, loved it but the fixed bed just dosent work for us with kids. Sold it 3 months after buying it for what we paid- phew.

3. 2011 Lunar Ultima 525- brand new ex demo van we rejected after owning it a week due to numerous faults. Dealer picked it up and gave us a full refund.

4 Current van is a 2010 Bailey Ranger 500/5 bought in a  private sale Nov 11 and we are extremly happy with it. Will keep it til the kids are grown up and its just the two of us when we hope to change it for a fixed bed van.

Van no.1 was a 1991 Buccaneer Elan off ebay, we bought it to see if we would like caravanning, was a cracking, immaculate van but we wanted something more modern so swapped it after one season for~

Van no.2 which was a 2002 Elddis Firestorm, a twin dinette in which we planned to keep the rear dinette set up as a fixed bed, I stood 1 week holiday in it and hated it, the beds were uncomfortable and it had hardly any worktop so we traded it in for~

Van no.3, our current 2007 Compass Magnum Classic, tons of worktop, proper comfy fixed bed and tons of storage. We knew the dealer at Discover where we bought it from and because he was p'd off they were closing and only gave the staff 3 weeks to shut up shop he let us have it for less than what they paid, gave us over the odds for our Elddis and threw in everything including a motor mover, only condition was that we went and fetched it that day before it was shipped to another branch.

Quote: Originally posted by savanne1 on 23/6/2012

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Iain, is that your letter and photo in last months Practical Caravan? Van goes great with the car.

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Quote: Originally posted by agde on 23/6/2012

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just the one for us...only started caravanning this year.  its an old 97...but in time warp condition.. very light to tow and the set out is perfect for us...not sure if i love caravanning yet...HATE towing it, but like it when we get to site,  

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